Who We Are

Meet the exceptional SoundMind team, a group of passionate and talented individuals dedicated to revolutionizing the education of psychedelic facilitators from all backgrounds and identities.

Hannah McLane, MD, MA, MPH
Founder & Executive Director


Dr. Hannah McLane is a physician, psychoanalyst, and entrepreneur. She is the Founder of SoundMind, a rigorous facilitator training program and research initiative aimed at bringing ethics, equity, and innovation to the psychedelic ecosystem. She grew up in rural New Hampshire and spent several years in South America and East Asia. Dr. McLane conducts research on cognitive diversity, psychedelic science, ethics, PTSD, and emerging alternative therapies for mental health issues. She identifies as neurodiverse, having both dyslexia and ADHD.

Dr. Hannah attended McGill University and holds graduate degrees from Temple University (MA, Communication Sciences, Spanish Language), Brown University (MD, Doctor of Medicine, Contemplative Studies Concentration), and Harvard School of Public Health (MPH, Global health and Bioethics). She attended residencies in neurology and Occupational and Environmental medicine (University of Pennsylvania) and completed a fellowship in Patient Safety at the VA Hospital in Philadelphia. She also completed a 5-year psychoanalytic training program and considers herself a relational psychoanalyst.

Featured Training Instructors

Kwasi Adusei, DNP

Lieutenant Sarko Gergerian

Syre Saniyah, PhD

Chris Stauffer, MD

Rick Doblin, PhD

Joseph McCowan, PsyD

Tasia Poinsatte

Michael Mithoefer, MD

Harvey Schwartz, PhD

Joshua Kappel

Dan Wikler, PhD

Mike Jay

Emma Knighton, MA, LMHC, RYT

Adele LaFrance, PhD

Kevin Barrett, LCSW

Stéphane Lasme

Simon Yugler, MA, LPC

Hal Roth, PhD

Zach Skiles, PsyD

Nathalie Martinek, PhD

Nick Blackston

Ben Malcolm, PharmD, MPH

Ryan Reid

Curriculum Leadership

Hannah McLane, MD, MA, MPH
Founder
Executive Director

Diana Badilla
Lead Trainer
Student Affairs

Angela Ybarra

Plant Medicine Curriculum and Ceremonial Team

Fermin Quispe

Yakub Grant

Claudia Cuentas, LMFT

Clinic Support and Teaching Assistants

Olivia Rivellini

Alex Kneeshaw

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Johanna Verley

Operations Team

Pauline Castaneda
Tech Support
Marketing Creative

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